New research predicts long-term pain for the labor market due to around 3 million workers who plan to remain permanently sidelined over concerns of physical illness or physical impairment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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OPINION: State Supreme Court Democrats open door for more legal mischief
The N.C. Supreme Court recently ordered a new trial for a man convicted in a 26-year-old murder case. The circumstances of the court’s split decision raise concerns for Republican justices.
Climate change is real. Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities such as power generation and transportation are a causal factor.
Daryl Oliver: North Carolina Charities Rely on Hedge Funds
Charities and nonprofit organizations tie communities together. They step in where the government is either unable or unwilling to do so and provide vital services to some of the most vulnerable segments of our society.
OPINION: Entitlement is not just bad politics, but a sickness of the soul
Jussie Smollett’s release from jail mere days into his sentence for faking a hate crime reveals another example of entitlement culture run amok.
Tillis Statement on President Biden’s Visit to North Carolina
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) issued the following statement on President Biden’s visit to North Carolina, where he is expected to deliver a speech about rising inflation.
Op-Ed: Don’t let Washington take money away from North Carolina’s retirement funds
Rarely has there been a more challenging or intimidating climate to grow old and retire in. Inflation, public health crises, and looming geopolitical conflicts remind many pensioners and retirees of the turbulent late 1960s and early 70s.
Manning: Leandro case is about breakdown of classroom instruction
The former presiding jurist in the Leandro school funding case says the current struggles facing public schools in North Carolina are more about a breakdown in classroom instruction than a lack of funding.
Rising prices of fertilizer and diesel affecting farmers
Farmers across the country, including North Carolina, are “taking it on the chin” when it comes to diesel and fertilizer prices, which have risen to unprecedented levels. The U.S. is dependent on and a major importer of foreign fertilizer.
OPINION: Ted Budd's really good week
Congressman Ted Budd just finished his second-best week of the primary election with a wave of public opinion surveys showing him surging in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate and a high-profile rally with former President Trump.
Briefs aim to sway judge in long-running N.C. school funding legal dispute
Plaintiffs and N.C. Justice Department lawyers are urging a judge to order $795 million in new state education spending. Briefs filed Friday afternoon confirmed agreement from both groups about whittling down the size of a $1.75 billion spending order issued last fall.
Voters can still be persuaded
Some partisans I know insist political allegiances are so rigid that elections have become little more than turnout contests. Whichever party gets its base out wins. Persuadable swing voters used to exist in significant numbers, they concede, but are now about as hard to find as Bigfoot.
John Hood: Stay the Course on Tax Reform
Over the past decade, North Carolina’s tax code has undergone a dramatic transformation. Once rated by the Tax Foundation as having one of the nation’s worst business-tax climates, our state now has one of the best. Our top marginal tax rate on personal income, once the highest in the Southeast at 7.75%, is now 4.99%
OPINION: Preparing for energy security and sustainability
As Russian aggression disrupts stability around the globe, we feel it here at home. Our economy continues to experience the ripple effect of President Biden’s dependence on foreign oil.
ALEC chief economist says Cooper should thank legislature for rating
The 2021 governors’ report was released by the free-market-focused American Legislative Exchange Council in late March, and many conservatives were surprised that Democratic N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper received a better-than-average rating on his performance.
Let’s try building back faster
It’s an often-repeated tale, I admit, but I’m going to repeat it, again: the world’s largest low-rise office building, the Pentagon, was built in 16 months. Can you imagine a project even a tenth the size of the Pentagon being constructed that quickly today?
Murphy Calls on USMC Commander to drop charges against special forces operators
Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) sent a letter to USMC Major General James F. Glynn urging him to drop manslaughter charges against two USMC special forces operators who were forced to defend themselves from a drunken aggressor while on deployment in December 2019. The full text of the letter can be read here.
Significant attention has been given to how we conduct and certify presidential elections ever since the events following the 2020 election - and for good reason. The existing procedures are far too vague and contributed to the confusion we witnessed in the months following the election.
OPINION: Call to end 'horse collar tackle' term and other outrageous stories
Below are a few recent stories that caught my attention. One of the more amusing recurring bits of news is media attempts to prop up the Biden administration. It's not going well, obviously. Even Chuck Todd of NBC said Democrats face a "shellacking." Well over two-thirds of Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Greenville, Pitt County schools urge N.C. Supreme Court to block red-light camera ruling
Greenville and the Pitt County school system are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to block a ruling throwing out the city's red-light camera enforcement program. The city and local school board filed paperwork Tuesday with the state's highest court.